Structure and Energetics of Planetary Atmospheres

This NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship opportunity focuses on research combining the acquisition, reduction and analysis of remote-sensing data on planetary atmospheres with theoretical models of structure and dynamics. The research involves infrared imaging and spectroscopy, with data acquired from spacecraft experiments including Galileo, Cassini, Hubble and Spitzer, as well as ground-based astronomy programs using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility, Palomar, Keck, Gemini, Subaru and the Very Large Telescope. The work focuses on deriving thermal structure, bulk and trace constituent abundances, and cloud properties, combined with efforts to simulate atmospheric dynamics and model energy transfer mechanisms in planetary atmospheres. The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers one- to three-year competitive fellowships designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. Fellows engage in ongoing NASA research projects at NASA Centers, NASA Headquarters, or NASA-affiliated research institutes. This specific opportunity is located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California under the advisement of Dr. Glenn S. Orton.